{"product_id":"henry-v-dan-jones-9781804541944","title":"Henry V (Dan Jones)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V\u003c\/b\u003e, who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England's greatest warrior king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors. Shakespeare's version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship, and in the dark days of World War II, Henry's victories in France were recounted in British propaganda. Churchill called Henry 'a gleam of splendour in the dark, troubled story of medieval England', while for one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, 'the greatest man who ever ruled England'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Dan Jones, Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal, warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a leader who made many mistakes, who misjudged his friends and family members, yet always seemed to triumph when it mattered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs king, he saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions and secured England's borders; in foreign diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet through his conquests in northern France, he sowed the seeds for three generations of calamity at home, in the form of the Wars of the Roses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Jones's life of Henry V provides unprecedented insight into the critical first 26 years of his life before he became king. Both a standalone biography and a completion of Dan's sequence of English medieval histories that began with \u003ci\u003eThe Plantagenets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Crown\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry V is a thrilling and unmissable life of England's greatest king from our best-selling medieval historian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling historian, TV presenter and award-winning journalist. His non-fiction books, which have sold more than a million copies worldwide, include the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers THE PLANTAGENETS, THE TEMPLARS, POWERS AND THRONES and HENRY V. His fiction includes the acclaimed Essex Dogs trilogy, set during the Hundred Years War, concluding with LION HEARTS. Dan has written and presented numerous TV series including \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Great British Castles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBritain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLondon: 2000 Years of History\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes and hosts the Sony Music podcast \u003ci\u003eThis is History\u003c\/i\u003e. For a decade Dan was a weekly columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e; he has also contributed to dozens of newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 464 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65825218265437,"sku":"K098047677","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9804767700001A.jpg?v=1788674316","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/henry-v-dan-jones-9781804541944","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}